A key transition for student nurses: The first placement experience

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 779-781

  Leducq, Marion ^a   Walsh, Pauline ^b   Hinsliff Smith, Kathryn ^c   McGarry, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical placements; Engagement with work; Pre registration; Student retention; Transitions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84864519300     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.022     Document Type: Editorial

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